Hardcover | March 15, 2011

This collection focuses on Chinese learners with original data sets using innovative research methods. It investigates Chinese learners’ learning and language skills, perceptions and particularly the processes of reciprocal intercultural adaptations in a wide international context of Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, New Zealand and the UK.

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This collection focuses on Chinese learners with original data sets using innovative research methods. It investigates Chinese learners’ learning and language skills, perceptions and particularly the processes of reciprocal intercultural adaptations in a wide international context of Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, New Zealand and...

LIXIAN JIN is Reader in Linguistics & Health Communication and the Director for the Centre of Intercultural Research in Communication and Learning (CIRCL) at De Montfort University, UK.MARTIN CORTAZZI is a Visiting Professor in the Centre of Applied Linguistics at the University of Warwick, UK. DR JIN and PROFESSOR CORTAZZI are vis...

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FiguresTablesDiagramsAppendices Acknowledgements Notes On ContributorsIntroduction: Contexts for Researching Chinese Learners; L.Jin& M.CortazziPART I: DEVELOPING TEACHING AND LEARNING IN CHINARote Learning in Chinese Culture: Reflecting Active Confucian-Based Memory Strategies; X.Li& J.CuttingCantonese and English Bodies do Talk: A Cross-Cultural, Metaphor-Metonymy Study on Body-Part Idioms; D.Chung-Hong Leung& P.CrispMore Than a Journey: ‘Learning’ in the Metaphors of Chinese Students and Teachers; L.Jin& M.CortazziMeeting in the Middle? Intercultural Adaptation in Tertiary Oral English in China; P.StanleyReticience and Anxiety in Oral English Lessons: A Case Study in China; M.Liu& J.JacksonIntercultural Competence and EFL Teaching in China; Y.Zhou, S.Xu& J.BayleyPART II: INTERCULTURAL ADAPTATION: CHINESE LEARNERS IN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXTSCultures of Learning and Student Participation: Chinese Learners in a Multicultural English Class in Australia; H.Parris-Kidd& J.BarnettGetting the Big Picture: A Longitudinal Study of Adaptation and Identity in a New Zealand University; G.Skyrme& C.WhiteAn Emotional Journey of Change: The Case of Chinese Students in UK Higher Education; Q.GuIntercultural Adaptation of Chinese Postgraduate Students and their UK Tutors; Y.Zhou, K.Topping& D.Jindal-SnapeIntercultural Adaptation – It is a Two Way Process: Examples from a British MBA Programme; T.Zhao& J.BourneAdapting to Western Norms of Critical Argumentation and Debate; K.DurkinDifferent Waves Crashing into Different Coastlines? Chinese Learners Doing Postgraduate Dissertations in the UK; N.Pilcher,M.Cortazzi& L.JinConclusions: What Are We Learning From Research About Chinese Learners? L.Jin& M.CortazziIndex